We are delighted to announce that the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK) has won both Specialist Consumer Publisher of the Year and the Virtusales Metadata Award (alongside Usborne Publishing) at the Independent Publishing Awards 2025. The winners were announced at a Gala Lunch at OXO Tower in London on the 30th April, hosted by broadcasters Bridgid Nzekwu and Andrew Verity.
SPCK is the UK’s third-oldest publishing house, and has been active since 1698. Under CEO Sam Richardson, the company merged with Inter-Varsity Press (IVP) in 2015, and acquired Lion Hudson in 2021, becoming the largest Christian publisher in the country.
Wendy Grisham, Deputy CEO of SPCK, said: “We are thrilled to have won both Specialist Consumer Publisher of the Year – an award which SPCK has won three times previously – and the Virtusales Metadata award. Both these results are testament to superb new strategies that we have put in place regarding our publishing, which saw us deliver a 20% increase in sales in 2024, and we are delighted to see these achievements reflected in these Independent Publishing Awards 2025 nominations”.
Patrycja Moroszczuk, Marketing Development Manager at SPCK, said: “We are delighted with these wins, which are a clear indication to the hard work and dedication of our team, and we’re excited to continue building on this momentum. In 2024, we achieved the Silver BIC Metadata Excellence Award recognizing the completeness and timeliness of all our products. At the same time, our new partnership with Ingram US is helping us enhance our metadata management for both front and backlist titles on an international scale.”
Press contact: Emily Beater; ebeater@spck.org.uk; 07494430503
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